My grandson was recently diagnosed with Autism disorder. I can’t believe someone would do that to children and not letting parents know at least give them a option when to give it to their child . This is my granddaughter first child she is a new mother and to see that people are saying that this was done to her child deliberately is crazy to me. Only a person with no conscience to do something like that.

CDC Responds: Admits Omitting Vaccine Data Linking Vaccines to Higher Rates of Autism

Dr Hooker on the line...

http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/cdc-responds-admits-omitting-vaccine-data-linking-vaccines-to-higher-rates-of-autism/

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Lawrence,
I hope that you don't feel that you've taken up too much room here on enemy territory with your remarks. I would like very much to hear your take on the sentences in Thompson's statement about the CDC deliberately omitting the study results showing the huge increase of autism in young black toddlers who got the MMR. Could you tell us what you think of those lines, and only those lines? Thank you for your time.

I think we should push for a retraction of the study and for the gov't to pay for it being redone. If the study is redone, it should be done transparently and by an independent research group such as UC Davis MIND Institute or Caltech that has no ties to the CDC and that the parents agree on who will conduct it.

This discusses the legality of recording private conversations:

http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/georgia-recording-law

I am not a lawyer, but I would imagine that if Dr. Thompson was in Georgia when the recordings were made then he would be unable to bring an action since Georgia would have jurisdiction over the recording of his end of the conversation.

A legal case would also bring considerable publicity to the story, and involve Dr. Thompson having to face questions over his actions while under penalty of perjury.

The article by CNN that Angus has brought up links to this study from 2011, finding that the brains of some autistic boys contain an excess of neurons that were most likely formed in utero:

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/08/new-study-suggests-autism-starts-in-the-womb/

More recent research has shown that autism may stem from a failure to prune excess neurons, which implies that the damage may happen later:

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40833/title/Synaptic-Pruning-Improves-Autism-in-Mice/

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/08/23/in-autism-poor-pruning-of-neurons-leads-to-excess-synapses/73982.html

The Ministry of Truth has not, thus far, linked the two.

Epoch Times

Health News

Vaccinegate

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/918956-vaccinegate-cdc-whistleblower-admits-claims-of-data-fixing-were-true-complains-at-being-recorded-and-outed/

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Check out the 3 linked video stories on the left margin of the CNN Health report - all about autism, with the middle one entitled "Living with autism as an adult" with the caption:

"I want the world to know that autism is not a tragedy, but a journey of learning and growing."

See, even if there were some problems with the CDC's research, autism isn't a problem, it isn't a disease or a disorder, it's a wonderful journey where one learns and grows.

1984.

Surprise surprise.

CNN finally comes out with a story on it's "Health" section and says there's no problem at the CDC or with any of the vaccines the CDC recommends. No, the only problem is with the Hooker paper which has been retracted.

Welcome to 1984.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/health/irpt-cdc-autism-vaccine-study/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Here's the statement on Thompson's law form web-site:
http://www.morganverkamp.com/august-27-2014-press-release-statement-of-william-w-thompson-ph-d-regarding-the-2004-article-examining-the-possibility-of-a-relationship-between-mmr-vaccine-and-autism/

Dr. Thompson concedes fraud in the first paragraph. The 2004 Pediatrics article should be retracted immediately.

Keep in mind that this research team produced more papers that, along with the papers produced by Poul Thorsen, were relied on to rule against petitioners in the Omnibus Autism Proceedings.

Just read a friend this letter and she said the bottom paragraph is complete bull. He would never write things like this; coersion is the only answer. It's very OTT- "professionals", "performance based award" ,"no retaliation". It's actually chilling.

The plot thickens.

Clearly Thompson admits that data concerning the risks of the MMR for black males was improperly omitted from his 2004 paper. Yes, in paragraph 3 he says he supports vaccines *in general*, but there he may be guarding himself against the accusation that he's "anti-vaccine". In paragraph 4 he says he does have concerns about "a particular vaccine" -- the MMR. In paragraph 5 he says that he discussed all this with Hooker for 10 months but was never aware that he was being recorded (difficult to believe) and that his name was released without his permission, but he never criticizes Hooker or Wakefield. He doesn't sound like he's getting ready to sue them. It may be that CDC confidentiality rules prohibit employees from discussing these matters on tape, so to protect himself Thompson is claiming (falsely) that he was recorded without his permission. And in paragraph 6 he says he's providing information to the fiercest critic of vaccine policy in the US Congress, William Posey. If the CDC gave him an award after this story broke, it may be that they're running scared and are trying to buy him off with hush money. They may also fear that retaliating against a whistleblower would have very serious legal consequences.

There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but so far so good, I say.

Stay tuned for the inevitable smug post from Gorski where he will completely take Dr. Thompson's words out of context and deliberately misinterpret Dr. Thompson's admission.

Rest assured, it will probably contain a quote from Star Wars about how safe Science is from our Rebel friends.

Gorski is not only stupid, but he's completely predictable.

Can I ask you all a question? Did anyone mind that whats-her-name didn't have permission to record Monica Lewinsky?

They impeached a president over those recordings.

What the hell is going on here?

"If you went to the trouble to find that out, why not go a little further and post about the laws in California, where one would think Hooker likely resides and was when he made the recordings?"

You'd figure that if one had gone through the education of getting an MD, they would be able to understand simple concepts like reading comprehension.

If you read carefully, Vince, you'll see where I was acknowledging that what was said could very well be true.

Those poor pseudo-skeptics...

"Again, you guys are delusional if you think Dr. Thompson's press release in any way confirms what Hooker said."

Dr. Hooker said that there was a "statistically significant relationship between the age the MMR vaccine was first given and autism incidence in African-American boys was hidden by CDC researchers."

Dr. Thompson says in his statement that "the omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before 36 months were at increased risk for autism"

That confirms what Dr. Hooker was saying.

Yep...cognitive dissonance. You poor, desperate pseudo-skeptic

they are going to turn this on Hooker never mind the fact that Thompson clearly states that the CDC officials consciously decided to omit data that significantly altered the outcome of the study. this isn't over CDC. not by a long shot

"That's possibly true (except that Georgia is a single party knowledge state, if I'm not mistaken)."

If you went to the trouble to find that out, why not go a little further and post about the laws in California, where one would think Hooker likely resides and was when he made the recordings?

Sorry, kids.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ

He can't even admit that Dr. Thompson *confirmed* Dr. Hooker's statement that there was a significant increase in risk for autism in African American children who were vaccinated with MMR before 36 weeks.

His cognitive dissonance must be profound.

Hard to believe this was written by the same person who earlier wanted to clear his conscience by revealing CDC's cover-up of heinous data manipulation. This recent release, especially considering the message in last paragraph, doesn't make sense. Kinda brings to mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgelmcOdS38

@ Lawrence ... how sad is it that you are reduced to posting:

"Someone is going to get sued alright....and it isn't the CDC .. recording conversations without permission is a crime & putting those conversations online without permission is also a crime."

How about addressing Dr. Thompson's "guilt ridden admission" instead:

"I regret my co-authors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before 36 months were at increased risk for autism. Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data was collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not followed."

Do YOU ... LAWRENCE .. not care the CDC "omitted data suggesting that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before 36 months were at increased risk for autism"?

And you expect the AoA community to respect your opinions???

I think everyone needs to look at what Dr. Thompson has written, highlighted in the upper right corner of this page:

"My name is William Thompson. I am a Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where I have worked since 1998.

I regret my co-authors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before 36 months were at increased risk for autism."

What else do you expect the guy to do? He has come clean and admitted that CDC omitted/suppressed evidence that MMR shot causes autism. He is not Jenny McCarthy, or Andy Wakefield- and his pro vaccination paragraph demonstrates he is not an "extremist anti vaccine nut job." He is pro vaccine, part of CDC, and ringing the alarm bell on live virus shots.

Further he goes on to say he will re-investigate, provided the CDC is not involved:

"I will do everything I can to assist any unbiased and objective scientists outside of the CDC to analyze data collected by the CDC or other public organizations for the purpose of understanding whether vaccines are associated with an increased risk of autism. There are still more questions than answers, and I appreciate that so many families are looking for answers from the scientific community."

So- 1)CDC official admits to omitting data that suggests MMR causes autism and 2) he will assist"unbiased and objective" scientists- specifically excluding the CDC from that group.

Sounds like a vindication to me, and a sweet one. Senior CDC vaccine official acknowledges suppressing evidence MMR shot causes autism.

He seems a lot more pro-vaccine than one might have expected from a CDC whistle blower...

This release sounds so much like what we read in the press about vaccines. Pharma talking points. Prove to me that this was written by Thompson. I want to see the man, I want to see his eyes, I want to see that he is alright, and I want to see him say these things. Until then, I don't believe a word of it. He got a bonus after sharing sensitive documents with Brian Hooker? Sure.

Merky Business, I agree Thompson did a great job, and the likely only thing to do for him and his family, while helping others.Thank you, Dr.Thompson, Dr.Hooker, Dr.Wakefield.

Dr. Thompson is nowhere near as contrite as he needs to be. He has been complicit in harming/disabling/killing millions (billions?) of children worldwide. He should be beside himself with guilt, shame, and disgust. Perhaps if he were made to visit our homes, homes in which the vaccine-injured dwell, he would not put forth such a flippant statement. And how dare he state that he is still supportive of vaccines and our nation's dangerous vaccine program with all he knows. Crimes against humanity, and he's in the thick of it, and no longer sounds remorseful. What a disappointment. No, what a disgrace.

To that end, I think that the data from Japan needs to be brought forth and given to Congressman Posey, too, showing that once Japan pushed back the age for giving vaccines to their babies until age 2, their ranking for infant mortality improved dramatically:
http://www.vaclib.org/basic/japanusa.htm

Baby brains cannot handle the multitude of vaccines given to them, no matter what the baby's race might be. Perhaps the "live" vaccines are the most damaging as their attenuated viral components can reassort and wreak havoc on the immune system and the brain, and that should be studied in great depth for the safety of our children. What Dr. Thompson discovered from the data in that 2004 study is merely the tip of the iceberg.

Lawrence, what's worse of a crime, recording someone unknowingly or the coverup?

Lawrence,

That's possibly true (except that Georgia is a single party knowledge state, if I'm not mistaken). But that doesn't change the fact that Dr. Thompson has now confirmed that the CDC knowingly omitted key data from a study professing to show that there was no link between vaccines and autism. Don't you realize that?

Now, the question is:

If the CDC knowingly covered up evidence of an increased risk of Autism associated with vaccination, what else have they knowingly covered up?

YES! Now the media has no choice but to bring this into the light! Here's a big middle finger to CNN and FOX news!

Thanks Mr Thompson very grateful for your honesty...I wish more like you will come forward.

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